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United  States  Department  ^^S^riciflture 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY 


REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  RECOGNITION  OF  BREEDS  AND 

PUREBRED  ANIMALS 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 
Under  authority  of  paragraph  1506  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  Septem- 
ber 21,  1922,  entitled  '*  An  act  to  provide  revenue,  to  regulate  commerce  with 
foreign  countries,  to  encourage  the  industries  of  the  United  States,  and  for 
other  purposes"  (42  Stat.  858,  923),^  the  following  regulations  are  issued  gov- 
erning the  recognition  of  breeds  and  purebred  animals  imported  into  the  United 
States  for  breeding  purposes.  For  purposes  of  identification  these  regulations 
are  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order  304  and  supersede  all  previous  regulations  on 
the  same  subject.  They  shall  become  and  be  effective  on  and  after  April 
15,  1927. 

Done  at  Washington  this  23d  day  of  February,  1927. 
Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture. 

R.   W.    DUNLAP, 

Acting  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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REGULATION   1.— CERTIFICATION  OF  PUREBRED  ANIMALS 

Section  1.  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  to  issue  certificates. — The  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue 
certificates  of  pure  breeding  under  the  provisions  of  this  order. 

Section  2.  How  to  ohtain  certificates. — In  order  to  obtain  such  certificates 
of  pure  breeding,  importers  shall  conform  to  the  following  procedure : 

Paragraph  1.  Application  for  certificates. — An  application  for  certificates 
shall  be  made  to  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  on  forms  furnished  or  approved 
by  the  department,  showing  the  number  of  animals  imported,  the  breed  and 
sex,  the  port  of  entry  into  the  United  States,  customs  entry  number,  the  name 
of  vessel  or  carrier  by  which  shipped,  and  the  date  of  arrival.  This  applica- 
tion may  be  signed  by  either  the  owner,  the  importer,  or  the  agent,  stating  the 
name  and  address  (in  the  United  States)  of  the  owner  of  the  animal  or  animals. 
(A.  H.  Form  105 — "Application  for  certificates"  will  be  furnished  upon 
request. ) 

Paragraph  2.  Certificates  of  pedigree. — Certificates  of  pedigree  for  such  ani- 
mals, issued  by  the  custodian  of  one  of  the  books  of  record  given  in  Regulation 
2,  section  4,  of  this  order,  shall  be  furnished  to  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

Paragraph  3.  Affidavit  of  identity. — A  duly  acknowledged  affidavit  from 
the  owner,  agent,  or  importer  that  the  animals  so  imported  are  the  identical 
animals  described  in  the  certificates  of  pedigree  must  be  furnished.  (A.  H. 
Form  283 — "Affidavit  of  identity  "  will  be  furnished  on  request. ) 

Paragraph  If.  Ownership. — Complete  transfer  of  ownership  of  imported  ani- 
mals from  the  breeder  to  the  importer  must  be  shown,  such  transfers  to  be 
either  officially  recorded  by  the  registry  associations  issuing  certificates,  or  on 
official  certificates  of  transfefr  of  such  associations. 

Section  3.  Applications  will  be  given  consideration  in  the  order  in  which 
they    are    received.     When    the    application    and    accompanying    papers    are 

1  Paragraph  1506  of  the  tariff  act  of  1922  is  quoted  on  pp.  5  and  6  of  this  order. 
36682—27  " 


satisfactory,  certificates  to  that  effect  will  be  issued  and  forwarded  to  the 
collector  of  customs  at  the  port  of  entry  and  the  pedigree  certificates  returned 
to  the  importer  or  his  agent.  However,  the  certificates  "of  pure  breeding  of 
the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  will  not  be  issued  until  the  descriptions  of 
the  animals,  submitted  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry 
at  the  port  of  entry,  are  received  in  Washington.  All  papers  for  animals 
w^hich  do  not  meet  the  requirements  of  this  order  will  be  retained  or  returned, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  department. 

Section  4.  EUgihility  of  animals. — Where  the  provisions  of  this  order  have 
been  otherwise  complied  with,  animals  will  be  certified  as  purebred  which  have 
been  fully  registered  in  good  faith  in  one  of  the  books  of  record  for  one  of 
the  recognized  breeds  given  in  Regulation  2,  section  4,  of  this  order,  except  those 
w^hich  have  been  registered  on  inspection. 

REGULATION  2.— RECOGNITION   OF  ADDITIONAL  BREEDS 


Section  1.  Application  for  recognition. — Before  an  additional  breed  to  those 
shown  in  section  4  of  this  regulation  shall  be  added  to  this  order  the  custodian 
of  its  book  of  record  shall  submit  to  the  department  a  complete  set  of  the  pub- 
lished volumes  of  such  books  of  record  to  date  of  making  application,  together 
with  all  rules  and  forms  in  force  on  said  date  affecting  the  registration  of 
animals  in  said  book  of  record.  The  department  will  consider  the  case  on  its 
merits  and  use  such  information  as  may  be  available  to  determine  whether  the 
breed  is  a  recognized  breed  and  whether  the  animals  registered  in  the  book 
of  record  are  purebred. 

Section  2.  Official  communications. — All  official  communications  submitted 
■under  the  provisions  of  this  order  should  be  addressed  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Department  of  Agriculture,  Wash  ngton,  D.  C, 
except  as  mentioned  below. 

Section  3.  Books  of  record  required. — Custodians  of  books  of  record  for 
recognized  breeds  shall  forward  volumes  of  their  books  of  record,  as  soon  as 
published,  addressed  to  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  in  care 
of  the  United  States  Dispatch  Agent,  2  Rector  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  U.  S.  A. 

Section  4.  Recognized  breeds. — The  following  breeds  of  domestic  animals 
are  recognized.  Opposite  will  be  found  the  names  of  the  foreign  books  of 
record  for  these  breeds,  with  the  names  and  addresses  of  their  custodians. 

Paragraph  1.  Recognized  breeds  and  books  of  record  across  the 


CATTLE 


Name  of  breed 


Book  of  record 


Aberdeen  Angus 

Aberdeen  Angus  Herdbook... 

Alderney 

Herdbook  of  the  Bailiwick  of 
Guernsey  (Alderney 
Branch) . 

Ayrshire  Herdbook    ..- 

Ayrshire 

Devon 

Davy's  Devon  Herdbook 

Galloway  Herdbook 

Galloway 

Guernsey 

English  Guernsey  Herdbook.. 

Herdbook  of  the  Bailiwick  of 
Guernsey  (Guernsey 
Branch) . 

Herdbook  of  Hereford  Cattle. 

Highland  Herdbook    .        .  . 

"Hereford            

Highland 

Holstein-Friesian 

Friesch  Rundvee-Stamboek... 

Nederlandsch  Rundvee-Stam- 
boek. 

By  whom  published 


Aberdeen  Angus  Cattle  Society,  James  R.  Bar- 
clay secretary,  91  Union  Street,  Aberdeen, 
Scotland. 

Royal  Guernsey  Agricultural  Society,  H.  Mars- 
den  Peake,  secretary,  High  Street,  Alderney, 
Island  of  Alderney. 

Ayrshire  Cattle  Herd  Book  Society  of  Great  Brit- 
ain and  Ireland,  Hugh  Bone,  secretary,  58,  Al- 
io way  Street,  Ayr,  Scotland. 

Devon  Cattle  Breeders'  Society,  A.  E.  Gerrard, 
secretary,  Wiveliscombe,  Somerset.  England, 

Galloway  Cattle  Society  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland,  James  Carlyle,  secretary,  Monraive, 
Middlebie,  Lockerbie,  Dumfriesshire,  Scotland. 

English  Guernsey  Cattle  Society,  Robert  F. 
Ling,  secretary,  12,  Hanover  Square,  London, 
W.I.,  England. 

Royal  Guernsey  Agricultural  and  Horticultural 
Society,  Ernest  de  Garis,  secretary,  States  Ar- 
cade, Island  of  Guernsey. 

Hereford  Herd  Book  Society,  W.  G.  C.  Britten, 
secretary,  3,  Offa  Street,  Hereford,  England. 

Highland  Cattle  Society  of  Scotland,  D.  Mac- 
Gregory,  secretary,  Clydesdale  Bank  Build- 
ing, Oban,  Scotland. 

Friesch  Rundvee-Stamboek,  Dr.  E.  van  Wel- 
deren  Rengers,  secretary,  Zuiderplein  2-4, 
Leeu warden,  Holland. 

Vereeniging  het  Nederlandsche  Rundvee-Stam- 
boek, Louis  Jarman,  secretary,  's-Gravenhage, 
Surinamestraat,  No.  24,  Holland. 


CATTLE— Continued 


Name  of  breed 


Book  of  record 


By  whom  published 


Jersey. 


Kerry  and  Dexter- 


Red  Poll. 
Shorthorn 

Sussex 

Welsh.... 
Zebu 


Jersey  Herdbook. 


English  Herdbook  and  Regis- 
ter of  Jersey  Cattle. 

British    Kerry    Cattle   Herd 
Book. 

Dexter  Herd  Book 

Kerry  Cattle  Herdbook 

Red  Poll  Herdbook 

Coates's  Herdbook 

Sussex  Herdbook.. 

Welsh  Black  Cattle  Herdbook. 
Zebu  Herdbook 


Royal  Jersey  Agricultural  and  Horticultural  So- 
ciety, H.  O.  Shepard,  secretary,  3  Mulcaster 
Street,  St.  Helier,  Island  of  Jersey. 

English  Jersey  Cattle  Society,  T.  W.  Hammond 
and  L.  J.  Craufurd,  secretaries,  19  Bloomsbury 
Square,  London,  W.  C.  1.,  England. 

British  Kerry  Cattle  Society,  M.  R.  Leather^ 
secretary,  12,  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1, 
England. 

Dexter  Cattle  Society,  T.  W.  Hammond  and  L.  J. 
Craufurd,  secretaries,  19  Bloomsbury  Square, 
London,  W.  C.  1,  England. 

Royal  Dublin  Society,  Edward  Bohane,  director, 
Leinster  House,  Dublin,  Ireland. 

Red  Poll  Cattle  Society  of  Great  Britain  and  Ire- 
land, C.  H.  Clarke,  secretary,  23,  Warrington. 
Road,  Ipswich,  England, 

Shorthorn  Society  of  the  United  Kingdom  of 
Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  V.  H.  Seymour, 
secretary,  12,  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1, 
England. 

Sussex  Herdbook  Society,  A.  G.  Holland,  secre- 
tary, 12,  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1, 
England. 

Welsh  Black  Cattle  Society,  John  Pritchard  & 
Co.,  secretaries,  Bank  Chambers,  Bangor, 
North  Wales. 

Sociedadedo  Herd  Book  Zebu,  A.  Teixeira 
Vianna,  secretary,  Uberaba,  Minas  Geraes, 
Brazil. 


SHEEP 


Cheviot 

Cotswold 

Dorset  Horn 

Hampshire  Down 

Kent  or  Romn  ey 
Marsh. 

Kerry  Hill .' 

Leicester 

Leicester  (Border) 

Lincoln 

Oxford  Down 

Shropshire 

Southdown 

Suffolk 

Wensleydale 


Cheviot  Sheep  Flock  Book 

Cotswold  Flock  Book 

Dorset  Horn  Flock  Book 

Hampshire  Down  Flock  Book 


Kent  or  Romney  Marsh  Flock 
Book. 

Kerry  Hill  Flock  Book 


Leicester  Flock  Book 

Border  Leicester  Flock  Book.. 

Lincoln      Longwool      Sheep 
Breeders'  Flock  Book. 

Flock    Book    Oxford    Down 
Sheep. 

Shropshire  Flock  Book 

Southdown  Flock  Book 

Suffolk  Flock  Book 

Wensleydale  Longwool  Sheep 
Flock  Book. 


Cheviot  Sheep  Society,  John  Robson,  secre- 
tary, Newton  Bellingham,  Northumberland, 
England. 

Cotswold  Sheep  Society,  James  W.  Tayler,  sec- 
retary. Cold  Aston,  Bourton-on-the- Water, 
Gloucestershire,  England. 

Dorset  Horn  Sheep  Breeders'  Association,  J. 
Dean  Smith,  secretary,  Bank  Chambers,  Dor- 
chester, Dorset,  England. 

Hampshire  Down  Sheep  Breeders'  Association, 
W.  J.  Wooff,  secretary,  32  Market  Place,  Salis- 
bury, England. 

Kent  or  Romney  Marsh  Sheep  Breeders'  Asso- 
ciation, W.  A.  Ball,  secretary,  12,  Hanover 
Square,  London,  W.  1,  England. 

Kerry  Hill  (Wales)  Sheep  Breeders'  Association 
and  Flock  Book  Society,  Morris,  Marshall  and 
Poole,  secretaries,  Newtown,  Montgomery- 
shire, England. 

Leicester  Sheep-Breeders'  Association,  W.  A, 
Brown,  secretary,  DriflBeld,  East  Yorkshire, 
England. 

Society  of  Border  Leicester  Sheep  Breeders,  Miss 
Rose  J.  E.  Grant,  secretary,  11,  St.  Ronan's 
Terrace,  Edinburgh,  Scotland. 

Lincoln  Longwool  Sheep  Breeders'  Association, 
Robert  Lamming,  secretary,  St.  Benedict's 
Square,  Lincoln,  England. 

Oxford  Down  Sheep  Breeders'  Association,  H. 
Newlyn  Gale,  secretary,  Nuneham  Courtnay, 
Oxford,  England. 

Shropshire  Sheep  Breeders'  Association  and 
Flock  Book  Society,  Alfred  Mansell  &  Co., 
secretaries.  College  Hill,  Shrewsbury,  England. 

Southdown  Sheep  Society,  Inc.,  W.  O.  Stride, 
secretary,  63,  East  St.,  Chichester,  England. 

Suffolk  Sheep  Society,  G.  P.  Lempriere,  secre- 
tary, 24,  Princess  Street,  Ipswich,  England.lr  -J 

Wensleydale  Longwool  Sheep  Breeders'  Asso- 
ciation, W.  Dickinson,  secretary,  Cark  Bridge, 
Cark-in-Cartmel,  England. 


4 

HORSES 


Name  of  breed 


Belgian 

Clydesdale 

Hackney 

Percheron 

Shetland  Pony 

Shire 

Suflolk 

Thoroughbred. 


Book  of  record 


Studbook    des    Chevaux    de 
Trait  Beiges. 

Clydesdale  Studbook 


Hackney  Studbook. 


Studbook  Percheron  de  France 

British  Percheron  Horse  Stud 
Book. 

Shetland  Pony  Studbook 

Shire  Horse  Studbook 

Suffolk  Studbook.. 

Australian  Studbook  » 


Studbook   FranQais   Registre 
des  Chevaux  de  Pur  Sang.2 

General  Stud  Book 


By  whom  published 


Soci6t6  Royale  "Le  Cheval  de  Trait  Beige," 
ChevaUer  Hynderick  deTheulegoet,  secretary, 
20  Rue  Royale,  Brussels,  Belgium. 

Clydesdale  Horse  Society  of  the  United  Kingdom 
of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  Archibald  Mac- 
Neilage,  secretary,  93,  Hope  Street,  Glasgow, 
Scotland. 

Hackney  Horse  Society,  Robert  F.  Ling,  secre- 
tary, 12,  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.l,  Eng- 
land. 

Societe  Hippique  Percheronne  de  France,  E. 
Lemarie,  secretary,  Nogent-le-Rotrou,  France. 

British  Percheron  Horse  Society,  A.  W.  Hewett, 
secretary,  Imperial  House,  27,  Cavendish 
Square,  London,  W.  1,  England. 

Shetland  Pony  Stud  Book  Society,  Robert  W. 
Walker,  secretary,  3  Golden  Square,  Aberdeen, 
Scotland. 

Shire  Horse  Society,  A.  B.  Charlton,  secretary, 
12,  Hanover  Square,  London,  "W.  1,  England. 

Suffolk  Horse  Society,  Raymond  Keer,  secretary, 
6,  Church  Street,  Woodbridge,  England. 

Australian  Jockey  Club  and  Victoria  Racing 
Club,  Leslie  G.  Rouse,  keeper,  6,  Bligh  Street, 
Sydney,  New  South  Wales. 

Commission  de  Studbook  Fran^ais  de  Pur  Sang, 
The  Minister  of  Agriculture,  president,  Paris, 
France. 

Weatherby  &  Sons,  15,  Cavendish  Square,  Lon- 
don, W.  1,  England. 


DOQS» 


Various   recognized 
breeds. 

Dobermannpinscher. . 


Various   recognized 

breeds. 
Foxhound 


Greyhound. 


Harrier  and  Beagle 


Various   recognized 
breeds. 

German  Shepherd 


Various   recognized 
breeds. 


Li  vre  des  Origines  de  la  Soci6t6 
Royale  Saint-Hubert. 

Dobermannpinscher     Zucht- 
buch  (D.  P.  Z.). 

Kennel  Club  Studbook 

Foxhound  Kennel  Studbook.. 

Greyhound  Studbook 

Irish  Greyhound  Studbook 

Harrier  and  Beagle  Studbook . 


Schweizerisches  Hunde- 
Stammbuch. 

Zuchtbuch  ftir  deutsche  Schaf- 

erhunde. 
Irish  Kennel  Club  Studbook. 


Soci6te  Royale  Saint-Hubert,  G.  C.  W.  F. 
O'Breen,  secretary,  Chauss6e  Saint-Pierre, 
391,  Brussels,  Belgium. 

Dobermannpinscher- Verein  (D.  V.),  Philipp 
Griinig,  secretary,  Ferdinandstrasse  51-53, 
Hamburg,  1,  Germany. 

Kennel  Club,  H.  T.  W.  Bowell,  secretary, 84, 
Piccadilly,  London,  W.  1,  England. 

Master  of  Foxhounds  Association,  Major  Cecil 
Pelham,  secretary,  8  Breams  Building,  Chan- 
cery Lane,  London,  S.  E.  4,  England. 

National  Coursing  Club,  Horace  A.  Groom, 
keeper  of  the  Greyhound  Stud  Book,  11,  Hay- 
market,  London,  S.  W.  1,  England. 

Irish  Coursing  Club,  T.  A.  Morris,  secretary. 
Bridge  Street,  Clonmel,  Ireland. 

Association  of  Masters  of  Harriers  and  Beagles, 
J.  Pawle,  secretary,  Havers  Park,  Bishop's 
Stortford,  England. 

Schweizerische  Kynologischen  Gesellschaft,  Carl 
Wittwer,  secretary,  Waldegg,  Liebefeld  b. 
Bern,  Switzerland. 

Verein  fur  deutsche  Schaferhunde,Herr  Schaeller, 
secretary,  Augsburg  3,  Munchen,  Germany. 

Irish  Kennel  Club,  Richard  G.  Quirk,  secretary, 
23,  Eden  Quay,  Dublin,  Ireland. 


CATS 


Long      Haired     and 
Short  Haired. 


Register    of    the    Governing 
Council  of  the  Cat  Fancy. 


Governing  Council  of  the  Cat  Fancy,  H.  O. 
Edmonds,  secretary,  69,  Hornsey  Rise,  Lon- 
don, N.  19,  England. 


»  Provided  that  no  animal  or  animals  registered  in  the  Australian  or  in  the  French  Thoroughbred 
studbooks  shall  be  certified  as  purebred  unless  such  animal  or  animals  trace  in  all  crosses  to  ani- 
mals which  are  proved  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  department  to  be  of  the  Thoroughbred  breed. 

'  Provided  that  no  dog  or  dogs  registered  in  the  above-mentioned  books  shall  be  certified  as  purebred 
unless  a  three-generation  certificate  of  pedigree  issued  by  one  of  the  above-mentioned  societies  is  sub- 
mitted for  each  dog. 


5 

HOGS 


Name  of  breed 


Book  of  record 


By  whom  published 


Berkshire. 


Large  Black 

Large  White  (Large 
Yorkshire) . 

Middle  White  (Mid- 
dle Yorkshire) . 

Tamworth 


British  Berkshire  Herdbook. 


Large  Black  Pig  Society  Herd- 
book. 


Herdbook  of  the  National  Pig 
Breeders'  Association. 


British  Berkshire  Society,  Edgar  Humfrey,  seC' 
retary,  27,  Cavendish  Square,  London,  W.  1. 
England. 

Large  Black  Pig  Society,  B.  J.  Roche,  secretary, 
12,  Hanover  Square,  London,  W.  1,  England. 

[National  Pig  Breeders'  Association,  Alec.  Hob- 
son,  secretary  and  editor,  92,  Oower  Street, 
London,  W.  C.  1,  England. 


Paragraph  2.  Recognized  "breeds  and  hooks  of  record  in  Canada. — The 
Canadian  National  Records  are  recognized  for  the  following  breeds:  Provided, 
That  no  animal  or  animals  registered  in  the  Canadian  National  Records  shall 
be  certified  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  as  purebred  unless  such  animal  or 
animals  trace,  in  all  crosses,  to  animals  which  are  proved  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  department  to  be  of  the  same  breed : 


Cattle 

Sheep 

Horses 

Hogs 

Aberdeen  Angus. 

Cheviot. 

Belgian  Draft. 

Berkshire. 

AjTshire. 

Cotswold. 

Clydesdale. 

Chester  White. 

Brown  Swiss. 

Dorset  Horn. 

Hackney. 

Duroc-Jersey. 

French  Canadian. 

Hampshire. 

Percheron. 

Hampshire. 

■Galloway. 

Leicester. 

Shetland. 

Large  Black. 

Ouemsey. 

Lincoln. 

Shire. 

Poland  China. 

Hereford. 

Oxford  Down. 

Standardbred. 

Tamworth. 

Jersey. 

Shropshire. 

Suffolk. 

Yorkshire. 

Red  Poll. 

Southdown. 

Thoroughbred. 

-Shorthorn. 

Suffolk. 

Welsh  Pony  and  Cob. 

Paragraph  3. — The  Canadian  Kennel  Club  (Canadian  National  Records)  is 
recognized  for  all  the  breeds  of  dogs  registered  in  said  records :  Provided, 
That  no  dog  or  dogs  registered  in  said  records  shall  be  certified  as  purebred, 
unless  a  three-generation  certificate  of  pedigree  issued  by  said  Canadian 
National  Records  is  submitted  for  each  dog. 

Paragraph  4- — The  Holstein-Friesian  Association  of  Canada,  of  which  W.  A. 
demons,  of  Brantford,  Ontario,  Canada,  is  secretary  and  editor,  is  recognized 
for  the  Holstein-Friesian  breed  registered  in  the  Holstein-Friesian  Herd  Book 
of  that  association. 

Paragraph  1506  of  the  act  of  Congress  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  revenue, 
to  regulate  commerce  with  foreign  countries,  to  encourage  the  industries  of 
the  United  States,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  September  21,  1922  (42 
Stat.  858,  923),  is  as  follows: 


"  1506.  Any  animal  imported  by  a  citizen  of  the  United  States  specially  for 
breeding  purposes,  shall  be  admitted  free,  whether  intended  to  be  used  by  the 
importer  himself  or  for  sale  for  such  purposes,  except  black  or  silver  foxes : 
Provided,  That  no  such  animal  shall  be  admitted  free  unless  purebred  of  a  rec- 
ognized breed  and  duly  registered  in  a  book  of  record  recognized  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  Agriculture  for  that  breed :  Provided  further.  That  the  certificate  of 
such  record  and  pedigree  of  such  animal  shall  be  produced  and  submitted  to  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  duly  authenticated  by  the  proper  custodian  of  such 
book  of  record,  together  with  an  aflSdavit  of  the  owner,  agent,  or  importer  that 
the  animal  imported  is  the  identical  animal  described  in  said  certificate  of  rec- 
ord and  pedigree.  The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may  prescribe  such  regulations 
as  may  be  required  for  determining  the  purity  of  breeding  and  the  identity  of 
such  animal :  And  provided  further,  That  the  collectors  of  customs  shall  re- 
quire a  certificate  from  the  Department  of  Agriculture  stating  that  such  animal 
is  purebred  of  a  recognized  breed  and  duly  registered  in  a  book  of  record 
recognized  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  that  breed. 


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"  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  prescribe  such  additional  regulations  as 
may  be  required  for  the  strict  enforcement  of  this  provision. 

"  Horses,  mules,  asses,  cattle,  sheep,  and  other  domestic  animals  straying 
across  the  boundary  line  into  any  foreign  country,  or  driven  across  such 
boundary  line  by  the  owner  for  temporary  pasturage  purposes  only,  together 
with  their  offspring,  shall  be  dutiable  unless  brought  back  to  the  United  States 
within  eight  months,  in  which  case  they  shall  be  free  of  duty  under  regulations 
to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury :  And  provided  further,  That 
the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  apply  to  all  such  animals  as  have  been  imported 
and  are  in  quarantine  or  otherwise  in  the  custody  of  customs  or  other  oflBcers 
of  the  United  States  at  the  date  of  the  taking  effect  of  this  act." 


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